Quebec Becomes Fourth Province to Confirm COVID-19 Variant

A paramedic stands next to an ambulance outside a hospital in Montreal on Dec. 28, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant.

Health Minister Christian Dube says the person who tested positive is a family member of someone who returned from the United Kingdom on Dec. 11.